Portugal is seeking a seat as a non-permanent member of the United Nations (UN) Security Council, and has formally launched a campaign under the slogan "Prevention, Partnership, Protection" for the 2027/28 biennium. In fact, these are three mottos that the small European nation is taking to the UN, announced the Portuguese Minister for Foreign Affairs, Paulo Rangel,...
The UN Secretary-General (SG) today in Jakarta advocated African representation on the Security Council and supported India's efforts to get the African Union to join the Group of 20 major economies (G20). "I strongly support the presence of African countries [in international institutions], at least one as a permanent member of the Security Council...
Mozambique's representative to the United Nations argues that the country's presence on the UN Security Council has helped to increase the perception of Mozambique's position on the war in Ukraine. For Pedro Comissário, the fact that the country has taken a seat as a non-permanent member of the Security Council has increased...
Western powers on the UN Security Council, led by the US, accused Russia of using mercenaries to exploit natural resources in African countries to finance the war in Ukraine. Moscow denied this. The US ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said on Thursday that the US is concerned about the actions of the Wagner group, a company...
The first vice-president of the Ukrainian parliament, Oleksandr Korniyenko, is in the Mozambican capital, Maputo, with the aim of convincing Mozambique to join other countries that condemn the Russian-Ukrainian war. Right from the start, Oleksandr Korniyenko's message was one of total dissatisfaction with Mozambique's neutrality in all three resolutions condemning the war...
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, said on Thursday that the country will defend dialogue and multilateralism for peace in the world, during his two-year term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. In an address to the nation after the announcement of the voting results, the head of state...
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, will this Thursday launch the Mozambique's Candidature Campaign to become a Non-Permanent Member of the United Nations Security Council for 2023-2025. The launch of the above mentioned candidacy, which will take place at the Joaquim Chissano Conference Center, follows the decision to this effect taken about a year ago...